A very shocking and despicable conversation between a white girl and an African boy she threatened to falsely accuse of rape is serving rounds on Social media.
Phillip Ofori, a tweep who shared the story on Twitter, revealed that it happened to his friend.
The young man, who was to be falsely accused, had kicked the white lady out of his hotel room because she was too drunk and acting disorderly only to get the rude threat from her with boastful claims that she can make it happen.
Nollywood sweethearts, Gbenro Ajibade and wife Osas‘ daughter, Azariah got quite a lavish gift from her godfather Amb. Karo Ekewenu yesterday.
The infant’s overwhelmed father took to his IG page to share the news alongside photos.
The gift – an exotic Range Rover SUV, has of course caused some Nigerians to comment – some complaining that the gift was unnecessary – saying why give the child a Range Rover when you can open a trust fund for her instead with the same money.
What are your thoughts? A fine gift or it could have been given in a much wiser way?
A 54 year old Catholic priest has been publicly put to shame after one of his secret wives exposed their affair.
Very Reverend Father Peter Zuni, was the parish priest at Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, Kakuri parish, Kaduna State. He was engaged in a secret marriage to two women, an act that led to his being disrobed and sack from the priesthood. Parishioners are still in shock following the revelation.
According to Sunday Sun, one of the wives is already late, while the surviving one who blew the whistle about three weeks ago over the secret marriage is said to be nursing a child for the embattled priest.
According to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, only unmarried men are ordained into the priesthood as they are obligated to swear to an oath of celibacy and observe perfect and perpetual service for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.
This, it is believed, would enable the priests to easily remain close to Christ with an undivided heart, and dedicate themselves more freely to the service of God and the congregation.
When Sunday Sun visited the premises of the Queen of the Apostles parish, some parishioners confirmed the report, which they said was initially thought to be mere rumour.
The parishioners who spoke on condition of anonymity said they were shocked and surprised to learn of a petition to the Bishop of Kaduna Archdiocese, Bishop Ndagoso Manoso, that two women had children for their parish priest, an act considered to be an abomination and grave sin against the Catholic doctrine.
They pointed out that in order to cover up the priest’s ‘sin’ from spreading to the larger public, the Archdiocese allegedly organised a send off for the embattled priest to a remote village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
“During the send off, the priest was not allowed to make a farewell speech, and many people refused to take photographs with him. There was little or no felicitation with him because most of the time he was seen standing aloof under a mango tree without anybody going close to him.
“Nobody can say when the priest committed the alleged sinful act. If it happened before his ordination, he wouldn’t have been ordained, so probably it was after his ordination, and you know, God does not sleep, no matter the length of cover up, one day the bubble will burst. And the bubble has burst now,” the parishioner said.
However, when Sunday Sun contacted the disrobed priest on his telephone line, and sought comments on his alleged controversial transfer from the city to a remote village, he said:
“Nobody is ordained to remain and work in the city. I have spent five years as parish priest of Queen of Apostles, so I can work anywhere, city or village.”
On the allegation of his involvement in secret marriage to two women who bore children for him even as a Catholic priest, he neither denied nor confirmed the allegation. Rather he said:
“I find it difficult myself to believe what people are saying about me. I will not comment on it now. I will follow due process to invite you for an interview, but I am afraid, the newspaper of the archdiocese, The Cross News, may carry this story before you (Sunday Sun).”
Rev Fr. Zuni further said he is currently based in Suleja, Niger State. But Sunday Sun gathered that parishioners were made to believe that the embattled priest was transferred to Gumel village in southern Kaduna, while he was actually sacked from the priesthood.
Unfortunately, parishioners lamented that the controversial priest’s first name, Peter, reminded them of the biblical Peter who denied Jesus three times before the cock crowed.
When contacted, the Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, Bishop Ndagoso Manoso also confirmed the report to Sunday Sun in his office along Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna.
Bishop Manoso who was almost in tears when he spoke on the matter, said Father Zuni actually committed the sin. He said that what the priest did, brought a sad moment and embarrassment to the entire archdiocese.
The embattled priest was his classmate in the seminary more than 30 years ago. Bishop Manoso said that he could imagine the spiritual and psychological torture the priest could be going through over this sinful act.
The Archbishop also expressed worry over the health condition of the disrobed priest who is known to be diabetic and dependent on daily injection of insulin.
On how the bubble burst over the secret matrimonial relationship, Bishop Manoso said the woman at the centre of the storm confronted him with a baby said to belong to Father Zuni, and after due investigation by his office, it was confirmed that the priest was her secret husband.
Bishop Manoso said:
“It is very unfortunate that this thing had to happen in my diocese. It is not an easy thing for me; if I tell you what I have been going through in the past few weeks over this issue; it has not been easy for me. Father Zuni was my classmate; we spent seven years in the seminary. At a time he proceeded to Kaduna Polytechnic and read Accounting.
“But this thing happened and nobody knew. But he has to face the sanction. We sacked and disrobed him because what he did is no longer compatible with his vocation as a priest. It was not true that he was transferred to any village. He was about to be transferred on normal routine, but when I heard of this story, I had to cancel the transfer and sacked him.
“It is true that he had affairs with two women and they both had children for him, but one of the women is late already. We are not God, we did not know on time until now that he was having affairs with two women.”
He spoke further:
“The church said the priest has to go because the church doesn’t allow priests to marry. So he had to go and look after his children and his matrimonial home.
“You can now imagine what the priest is going through, either spiritually or psychologically. He must be going through hell on earth. This is my concern for him now. The woman and the kids will be going through trauma also.
“I have been trying to see how I can help him, but I don’t think I have the skills to help him. But he needs help to come to terms with reality.
“By December he will be 30 years in the priesthood, and he is now 54 years old, so at this age what can he do with his life. Nobody can employ him now. He spent seven years in the seminary and 30 years in the priesthood, and that is 37 years, so what can he do with his life at 54? The church too is going through a lot of trauma, so we need everybody’s prayers for us to put this incident behind us.”
Meanwhile the decision of the Catholic Church to disrobed and sack the priest has stirred reaction from a non-Catholic, Dr David Ehimhen, an optometrist and Pentecostal Christian, who said that the practice of celibacy which was compelled on individuals seeking to become ordained priests in the Catholic Church has clearly become outdated as it had always been contrary to the bible right from inception.
He said that early in the Church Age, Catholic priests were free to marry and have children, but later popes now imposed celibacy on priests.
Over the last 60 years or more, many priests have fallen foul of the rule of celibacy by having secret wives and children. His words:
“Well, right from time, we have always had people that were either in support or against Catholic priests marrying. They have their reasons. Some believe that the person would fully concentrate on the work of God; that is why they say that if you are a priest you should consecrate your life to serving God because they see marriage as a kind of distraction.
I don’t think that I am competent to make an official statement that the doctrine of the Catholic Church is right or wrong. But personally speaking I don’t believe that celibacy is right. That is one of the reasons why I am not a Catholic.
The bible does not say that if you are married you cannot serve God to the best of your ability or you must remain unmarried to be able to serve God well. When you give room to such things, that is why some people may be burning with desire and yet they say they are priests or that they are reverend sisters and yet they are burning with desire. That on its own is a sin. Why not just be yourself?
If you are a Catholic, and want to remain one and you have the grace to remain unmarried, you can go on and become a priest, but if you don’t have the grace, it is better you stop deceiving yourself because such people will not make heaven because they are living a double life. And that is why Apostle Paul also said that people who cannot be celibate but burn with desire should marry.”
The Police Command in Ogun State, has arrested a housewife, identified as Fatimoh Olanrewaju, for allegedly breaking the arms and legs of her 5-year-old stepson, Iyanu.
The toddler is currently on admission at Federal Medical Centre, Idi Aba, Abeokuta, Sunday Punch reports. Also the suspect is in custody of the Anti-Human Trafficking Department of the Command.
Olanrewaju had allegedly committed the crime at Onihale village along the old Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway. The biological mother of the victim was said to have divorced the father about two years ago, and the victim had been living with his stepmother and his father.
The stepmother was said to be in the habit of maltreating Iyanu. The last straw was the recent attack on the Iyanu, which resulted in fracture of the arm and leg, which made the neighbours to invite the police.
The victim was said to have been on admission at the FMC, Abeokuta since Thursday, August 11. The acting state Police Public Relations, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, as well as the arrest of the suspect.
Yeah well, as it has become a craze to have a pre-wedding photo sessions in this digital era, lots of creativity has been put into the trendy act.
Days before that couple say “I Do” to each other, they have that photo session of when they were a “To-be-couple” – these sessions have become so rampant in that the scenery of some of them are either adorable, cool, lovely, or absolutely hilarious!
Either ways, these shoots are taken for memory sake of the new couple but thanks to social media, we get to see the best, most creative and all of these photos – something like the one you’re seeing above.
Don’t you just love the concept?! The groom patronizing his bride to be… Hehe… How lovely!
At a time when it has become a trend for celebrities to flaunt their pregnancies online, award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, has said that pregnancy is a sacred state that a woman ought to be discreet about.
According to her, this is the reason she did not make it a public matter when she was expecting her child.
In a recent interview with UK’s Channel 4 News, where she spoke about racism in America and the UK, among other matters, Chimamanda said,
“I wanted my pregnancy to be something I shared with the people I love, with the people who know me. There is a kind of pregnancy as a trendy thing that I find very uncomfortable with and I deeply dislike expressions like ‘baby bump’.
“I find it very irritating. It was a very deeply introspective time, thinking about (how) my life is going to change forever and the enormousness of bringing a baby into the world. It was a sacred time for me and I wanted to share it with the people I love.”
Such approach to family matters also affects the way she has been keeping her child who, she, for instance, would want to lead an ordinary but meaningful life.
“I don’t want her to think it is normal to have her picture in newspapers, because it is not. Just because your mother happens to write and sometimes have her pictures in the newspapers, doesn’t mean you get to,” Chimamanda adds.
Although Chimamanda has lived in the US where she has phenomenally flourished as a writer, she is one new-generation Nigerian novelist who has not lost a sense of home.
From one book to the other, she edifies the Igbo spirit and seeks to get answers to socio-political questions that Nigeria still battle with.
Based on the stories she passionately tells in her works, such as Half of a Yellow Sun and Amerikana, she seems to have redefined phenomena such as westernisation, colonisation and globalisation – as she has proved that you can be at home even when you live away from home.
Read The Story Below as shared and narrated by Facebook User, Blessing Nwachukwu.
So many people have wondered who my immediate second sister was. Even friends never met her or saw a pic of her. When she passed away, my mom was so distraught that she burnt all pics and saved only this. Take a good look at this sweet and innocent face. Her name was Grace Chikere Nwosu and she was my sister.
I’m about to tell a story that hasn’t been told since 1994 not to gain sympathy but to advice and change lives. She never got to grow to leave a mark but I hope with this story, she does. I want her to be the face of children’s advocate cos she deserved at least that since her life was cut short at the age of 3 by a 22 year old man named Daniel whom I have never set my eyes on since 1994.
This story is the reason I went into talk show- not for personal fame but hope that one I will be famous enough to get people to hear my story but I can’t keep waiting so if this will save lives, then so be it.
If you know from my stories, we grew up in the slum of Mafoluku, Oshodi. Then when I turned six, my sister was three and my mom went to the hospital to give birth to a third child. Despite being poor, we were a very loving family and my parents still made sure we attended private schools but starved and drank Garri like for real not a metaphor. My mom used to say, education will change our condition.
This story isn’t about me today so I will skip the details of my past. Perhaps someday I will have the courage to tell my own story. So my mom had this house help whose name was Chidinma, she also went to school but lived with us to take care of us after school hours. My mom was a kind soul who took her like her own but Chidinma was blinded by greed. So on that fateful period, my mom went to the hospital with my dad and aunt for some days, Chidinma sold my 3 year old sister for 150 naira to my neighbor, Daniel… I was 6 and had no clue why my sister wasn’t home.
Little did I know that right in our face-me-I face you compound, Daniel RAPED my three year old sister till she bled. They returned her to our home to cover the act but my mom came home that day with my aunt and saw my sister bleeding and unable to move. My kid sister proceeded to give names then fell unconscious… Needless to say, she died after a week. She died on a Friday right in my mom’s arms and in my presence.
My mom dropped the court case and had us move. I never understood why but she said God would enact justice but I wanted court justice. I wanted Daniel to pay for his actions. Pay for robbing the life and innocence of my kid sister. I didn’t get that justice but had to live with that pain for so many years before I learned to forgive.
I put up her pic cos she’s late. The media doesn’t put up pic of rape kids cos they are underage and this perpetrators don’t get to realize what they did emotionally. I don’t know where Daniel is but I hope he sees this and remembers and apologizes to my family cos he not only ruined my sister but my trust in men when I was growing up. Made me live a life in fear of men until my dad, counselor and pastors gave me courage. She’s late since 1994 and she would have been 25.
She was lively and smart and even at three, had more guts than me and always defended me. I have never forgotten anything about her. I loved her and I lost her before we could spend our best years together. Dear rapists, these children are just kids. Helpless, selfless and defenseless. We are to defend them not ruin them. What is sexually attractive about a child? They don’t even have developed sexual organs except for peeing. Parents, be careful of who you entrust your child to. The world is dark. Anything is possible.
In five minutes, a rapist can change the life of their victim and loved ones. Just for five minutes pleasure, you ruin the lives of others. Control your five minutes urge. Sex with a child is without consent cos they are ignorant of life. A child can never seduce you. Please let’s fight for the lives of children. Let’s be Guardians all over the world and weed out perpetrators wherever. Never cover them up in fear of shame.
I put up this pic cos I’m the only legal in age survivor of my family. She’s late now for 22 years so I’m within my law. I wish her rest with the lord. Chikere Grace, mommy, daddy and our brother are with you now. You aren’t alone anymore. May all their souls rest in peace and may my sister’s name be remembered in honor of the lives she will save with her story. Love you all my late family, xoxo.
Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Church, popularly called MFM, has denied that eight Nigerians arrested by Cambodian authorities for alleged drug trafficking are its members.
Eight Nigerians were on Tuesday arraigned in Cambodia for allegedly using the MFM premises to deal in illicit drugs.
The accused were: Nnamezie Victor, 30; Francis Nnamdi, 30; Sunday Nwabuisi, 31; Tony Mmaduka Chukwuonye, 34; Okorom Kizito, 35; Favour Nnabuife Okorom, 36; Maduka Simon Ukandu, 37; and Izuchukwu Chukwuma, 40.
Also charged along with them is a Cambodian, Mon Vinyong, 25.
They may face life imprisonment if found guilty by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, in a case that began in January last year. A verdict is expected in September following a final trial last week.
Reacting to the claim that the Cambodian branch of the church was used to trade in drugs, Chairman of MFM Media Committee Worldwide, Oladele Bank-Olemoh, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the accused were not members of the church.
He said linking the accused to the church was an attempt to drag the name of the church through the mud.
“The MFM church is not shut down. Our pastor is there and he’s busy in the ministry. Those arrested are not members of the church. They are neither our missionaries nor workers in the church. The MFM church is the only African church in Cambodia that many black people attend.
“You know the country is a Muslim country. This could be a vendetta against the church. This case (of alleged drug trafficking) happened in 2014. The church was searched and nothing was found, though arrests were made outside the church. We employed a lawyer to prove the church’s innocence,” Bank-Olemoh said.
According to The Cambodia Daily, during the hearing, Vinyong claimed that she received mobile phone boxes from Chukwuonye in 2014 but did not know the boxes were filled with drugs.
The Cambodian publication noted that the eight Nigerians “operated out of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Church in Meanchey district in 2014 and early 2015.”
The court heard that the pair became friends after meeting at the church.
“At the end of October and early November, I delivered the goods two or three times, and in December I delivered them one more time,” she said, adding that she was paid $100 per day for acting as a courier.
Beautiful Nollywood Actress and Mother of 3, Mercy Johnson Okojie seem to be having a second honeymoon with her “ever-caring” husband, Prince Okojie.
The actress shared lovely photos with the captions:
“When they go low,we go high#thankyoulord#myGodisnotamanthatheshouldlie#”
“You are my Strength,I fear nothing once ur with me #ciaoamerica#welcomenaija#”
“Honeymoon over for us,naija here we come.#faithfulGod#”
A quite popular Hausa Kannywood actor, has sworn by the Holy Quran, that he is not gay after he had taunted with the rumours of his sexuality.
Adam Zango, recently went on Desmims TV to debunk the claims that he is homosexual. Adam, who played guest on the TV stations talk show, held a Koran and swore that he was not gay and will never be.
He said, while holding the Quran above his head:
“I am here to tell the whole world that I am not gay and I do not participate in any gay activities within and outside the Kannywood industry” he said.
Not only Adam, but many other Hausa actors have been hit with the idea of being gay.
Nigeria U23 team, the Dream Team VI, have, from an unlikely source, been given extra incentive to triumph at this summer’s Olympics in Rio where they’re set to take on Denmark in the quarterfinals.
The Samson Siasia-led lads wont only become national heroes should they repeat the feat of 1996 where the original Dream Team stunned the world to claim gold at the Atlanta games, they’ll also come into sizeable fortune as a benefactor has promised a bonus of $30,000 to each player should they clinch gold in Brazil.
World renowned Japanese plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu made known his desire to reward the team after hearing about their financial plight, adding a further $20,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.
“I read about the financial problems affecting the team and I felt the need to make a big contribution,” Takasu told BBC Sport.
“I am not doing this for media attention but to motivate a team with an indomitable spirit. I fell in love with the Nigerian team because despite all these problems they are in the quarter-finals of the Olympics.
“Whether they win or not, I will still donate something to help alleviate the challenges in paying their bonuses and allowances.”
While the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appreciated the gesture:
“I have been in direct contact with Mr Takasu and impressed by his gesture,” NFF vice-president Seyi Akinwunmi told BBC Sport.
“But we need not get carried away because the integrity of the country is at stake.
“First we must check about this. Significantly, the team has an important game and we need to focus on that.”
It’s been a rough ride to Rio for the Nigerian team, arriving for their opening game barely hours to kickoff, and missing a number of training days over pay disputes.
In spite of the challenges, they remain in the competition and are hours away from a semifinal appearance.
Ayoleke O. Adu, a Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Economic Matters, has passed. He died aged 44.
A statement by the Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, states that Adu died last week Saturday after a brief illness. Read the statement below:
May his soul rest in peace Amen. With heavy hearts, we regret to announce the untimely passage of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Matters, Mr. Ayoleke O. Adu. He was aged 44. Adu, a diligent economic professional and Certified Financial Analyst, CFA, passed on last week Saturday after a period of illness. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on behalf of the President and himself condoles with his wife, children, mother and the entire family.
He prays that God will grant them the fortitude to bear the loss. Before he joined the Buhari presidency last year, Adu was the Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Capital Securities Ltd, a leading investment firm with headquarters in Lagos. As a member of the President’s Economic Management Team and a presidential aide deployed to the Office of the Vice President, Adu would be remembered as a patriotic, forthright, creative and astute professional.
He will indeed be sorely missed. Burial arrangements will be announced later. Laolu Akande Senior Special Assistant-Media & Publicity In the Office of the Vice President
A social media user has shared a quite shocking encounter of how his Neighbor was traced and kidnapped after she updated her work Details on her Facebook Profile.
Read below:
If you handle much cash and you are on Facebook, please never include where you work on your profile.
My neighbour was kidnapped in Port Harcourt by unknown gun men. She was taken to an undisclosed location near Eleme and they demanded 100 million naira before she is released.
My neighbour is the Head of accounts/Treasurer in a particularly big Church here in port Harcourt.
When the kidnappers demanded 100 million naira, the pastor spoke with them and they reduced it to 9 million. As fate may have it, the pastor informed the police who cooked up a plan and asked the Church to drop the money as directed.
The Church and police worked hand in hand and the money was taken to their preferred location before the police arrested 2 of the gang leaders.
Upon investigation, one of them said he knew the girl from Facebook and saw her work details before she was traced and kidnapped.
She has been found and the police is searching for other gang members.
Please mind what you post on social media. Don’t post money,talk about money or your location in public. My neighbour was not killed; but she was seriously beaten.
No! Can you really imagine?! How can you be such an insensitive person, seeing that someone is at the brink of death and you’re still asking him questions he could be asked if he stays alive?!
Footage of the exchange has emerged online showing the man lying on the ground clearly in pain after the alleged incident in El Salvador.
It also shows the a truck and its shattered windscreen at the side of the road after the supposed collision.
The camera then pans around back to the man lying on the ground topless, appearing to writhe around and groan in discomfort.
But rather than kneel down to help the man, the reporter from TVO Noticias shoves a microphone in his face as he mumbles: ‘They hit me and I’m hurting.’
The reporter then starts asking him a barrage of questions saying: ‘Didn’t you see the vehicle?’
He then manages to answer saying: ‘No.’
The woman then asks him: ‘Would you want to be taken to a hospital?‘ But the man is unable to speak through the pain and all he can do is is make an inaudible noise.
However, the reporter doesn’t stop there and asks another question saying: ‘Where were you going anyways?’
Yoruba actor, Sanyeri, is serving motivation to his fans after revealing that he was once a shoe maker before he got the opportunity to become a star.
The actor, who stated this in an interview with Punch News, said he found it difficult to make a living after finishing secondary school, due to this, he resorted to learning how to become a cobbler.
His participation in acting in Oyo State did not give him the sort of reward he anticipated. Even after relocating to Lagos, his situation remained the same.
“The suffering I endured was really extreme. After I finished my secondary school education, I did not have a job so I delved into the theatre world. I did it for some time but I was not being paid even when I went everywhere with the group and was helping them carry their costume.”
“I had to learn how to repair shoes so I became a shoe cobbler. Eventually, I left Oyo town and came to Lagos to find greener pastures but still I was not earning anything from acting.”
“I became a mobile cobbler. I would put my materials in a wooden box, place it on my shoulder and start hitting it as I walked the length and breadth of Idumota.”
“I would constantly hit my wooden box as I walked about to call the attention of people. Then nobody knew me so I kept hitting my box all over Idumota.”
“I remember I had a handkerchief I used to cover my face because of my tribal marks.”
“The reason I concealed my tribal marks was because the Igbo boys at Idumota had the belief that if they did not give their shoes to a Ghanaian cobbler, no one could do a better job.”
“If they saw my tribal marks, they would think I was one of the touts that would normally come to disturb them for money for shop and they would not give me their shoes to repair.”
“When I saw that being a shoe cobbler was affecting my career as an actor, I had to quit and face acting squarely. I thank God that good fortunes have come my way.”
The stunning actress and talk show host, who is one with motivational talks and facts, shared this quite lovely photo and gave it an insightful caption.
She wrote:
Don’t let others control your emotions. They are yours and yours alone. Be yourself and enjoy every minute of being uniquely you. There is only one YOU, there cannot be another YOU, so why not try to be the best YOU. Discover the beauty and the power of YOU. Use it wisely regardless. #happy #weekend #stelladamasus #SDmotivates #instablogger #woman #america #atl #african #Godpikin #vlogger #podcast #nyc #actor #film #movie #audio #speaker #coach
So as the quadrennial event is ongoing at the city of Rio, there have been various reports of the athletes partaking in the Olympics game – from them getting their desired aim, which is winning medals, to getting proposed to, to sustaining serious injuries, “to being stranded” and many more.
This time, it’s the hilarious moments the divers were captured as they engaged in their diving competitions that has comically taken over Social media currently.
The divers can be seen in these photos looking hysterically as they perform their of diving – I’m sure you’d have a good laugh while looking at the photos.
Chelsea midfielder Mikel John Obi has got forward to score a rare goal as Nigeria took the lead against Denmark at the Olympics.
The 29-year-old showed ice-cool composure to slot home with an uncharacteristic run into the box, giving us all a glimpse of what he can do when he shows rare attacking ambition.
This young man reported to be a Nigerian was so magnanimous with the selfie craze that he took one with his goats and uploaded on Facebook.
This has attracted a barrage of insults from Nigerians who would prefer to snap at exotic locations and with celebrities to improve their image among friends.
This cute couple (Gbayi and Biola) recently tied the knot in a very glamorous wedding in Lagos.
What made the ceremony the ‘talk of the town’ was the diamond themed horse carriage they were transported in to the wedding reception at Shoregate Hotels Limited, Ikeja, Lagos.
This has been described as the dream of the modern day Nigerian youth.
While presenting a suspected frauster to newsmen in Ilorin, the NDLEA Commander in Kwara state, Apeh Reuben, has revealed that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday, arrested Mohammed Adamu for possessing N9.8 million fake currency notes which were mainly N1,000 notes.
Reuben who disclosed that Adamu concealed the fake notes in a carton of noodles wrapped with cello tape, added that the suspect was arrested by NDLEA Jebba Command while on transit to Kano on Aug. 9, 2016.
The commander said that Adamu conspired with a yet-to-be-identified individual in Ilorin to carry out the act. “Investigation is in process aimed at arresting the accomplice,” adding that the agency was a alerting the public on the fake money in circulation.
“We just want to alert the public to be aware of such fake money because if this amount of money is allowed to be injected into the economy, it is very bad.
“A lay man can hardly identify that they are fake currency. These days we even have cases of people collecting money from ATM and still find fake currency in them,” he added.
The suspect, who spoke to newsmen in Hausa language, admitted that the fake currency was found on him.
Speaking during a Hip TV chat show, ‘The Gist with Ugolee’, late on Saturday night, popular Nigerian stand-up comedian, Bright Okpocha, a.k.a Basketmouth, believes Mavin Records singer, Tiwa Savage, and her estranged husband, Tee Billz, did immense damage to their marriage as a result of their public revelations on social media.
It was widely reported when the couple’s marriage hit the rocks after Tee Billz took to social media to accuse his wife of being a serial adulterer and reportedly tried to commit suicide. While Tiwa responded by holding a no holds barred interview, where she made startling allegations about her husband.
Basketmouth in the TV show last night, affirmed that the couple as well as many others tend to divulge too much personal information on the internet.
“To a large extent, I think there are a lot of people abusing the use of social media, I am sorry. Most of us artistes realizing that we have I, 2, 3 or 4 million people following us and you know that when you say something, a lot of people are going to react.
“It is like drug; you can’t contain yourself and start saying some crap. You are like a god having a lot of followers, whatever you tell them to do, they do.
“I am okay with people who go on social media to rant but I am against those who have turned it into a church to settle family issues. Normally, if you have a marital problem, you call your wife one on one. If you cannot contain it, you call in the parents. That’s how I saw it when I was growing up which is the culture I have embraced.
“That kind of situation shouldn’t be taken to social media and let people who have never been married, have no idea about what marriage is all about, say stuff about your marriage.
“There are a lot of people with mental problem who have phone and data, you then give them the access to talk trash about your personal life.
“In Teebillz situation, the way he spoke on social media really appeared as though he was going to commit suicide and said horrible things to his father.
“Those words were words you say and just die, but now that he is still alive, how would he face his father? It would have been better if he had just written a letter to the man instead of putting it online. Unfortunately again, he went to blast his wife and his wife’s mother. These are things that shouldn’t be put online.
“Another thing is that Tiwa has a larger following than Teebillz, after Tiwa blasted him, it was extreme and it crushed him. He had no comeback; there is no comeback to things like that.”
This is funny actually! The President of Rwanda switched to his military side after a Nigerian guy “jokingly and stylishly” asked for his daughter’s hand in marriage.
Twitter user, @Bar_Baric posted pictures of the president’s beautiful daughter, Ange Kagame on his timeline, while making his “marriage” interest known to her father.
The President, who obviously doesn’t have the blessings of the Nigerian guy blocked the Nigerian tweep after seeing his tweet.
Pastors these days have moved from the traditional ways of dressing to the funky, highly-presentable looks that get a sinner convinced that Christianity is not boring!
Compared to what was gotten years back in Nigeria, a lot of our tongue-speaking, firebrand and absolutely inspiring pastors have now taken it upon themselves to look great.
You will be addressed the way you are dressed, yea? When you see the way some of these Nigerian pastors dress, you will think the kingdom work is very easy (hey, not like it’s not LOL) .
They come out smelling sweet, wearing top-notch designer wears and driving state-of-the-art cars and living like royals that they are.
Here is a list of few stylish Nigerian pastors we know, courtesy of NAIJ.com Gossip. Enjoy below:
1. Biodun Fatoyinbo
Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) is one of the most stylish pastors in Nigeria. The moment you set your eyes on the man of God, you will know he is not just anyhow pastor.
He is a detailed man to the core. His choice of what to put on at a particular time is always amazing. Even a some of our male celebs gat nothing on this man of God. He is married with kids.
Actress Omoni Oboli and her family believed it is ‘God over all’ when her son spotted a growth in his breast – rather than hassling to the hospital for treatment and all, the actress and her family left it all for God.
She said:
“Some time ago, we discovered a lump in Gozi’s breast. I wasn’t comfortable so we kept praying about it,” “We took communion and we just kept praying,” she said, adding, “He was always complaining about feeling weak and he would always take naps.” It seems like their faith worked, because the lump disappeared without needing medical attention.
“God has healed Gozi, lump is gone and he’s more energized than he’s ever been,” the excited mother captioned the video of Gozi playing basketball. “He’s running everyday, practicing his basketball for hours!” She said.
Her full story below:
Apparently, Omoni Oboli and her family did not consider going for a diagnosis to confirm if the lump was benign.Watch out LeBron James, Gozi is coming for ya! ??⛹? I have a testimony! I told God I will testify in church if he did it but I never did so here’s me testifying to the whole world! Some time ago, we discovered a lump in Gozi’s breast. I wasn’t comfortable so we kept praying about it. We took communion and we just kept praying. He was always complaining about feeling weak and he would always take naps. I thought it was quite unusual because as mama boys, I know boys are always active so I kept praying. To cut a long story short, God has healed Gozi, lump is gone and he’s more energized than he’s ever been! He’s running everyday, practicing his basket ball for hours! I just want to say THANK YOU LORD! Healing is the children’s bread! May God bless our bread and water and take sickness out of our midst! Go Gozi! The world is at your feet!!! ??? #IAmMamaGozi #GodOverAll #JehovaOverDo #FamilyOverEverything #director #scriptwriter #femalefilmmaker #OkaforsLaw #anticipate
The Lagos state police command has reportedly arrested a 47 year old Emmanuel Magbatie for a case of defilement. The suspect resides in Ikorodu with the parents of the 18month old baby that was defiled.
The mother of the victim narrated to the police that on the 5th of August, her daughter went to play in the suspect’s room as usual, but she was shocked to meet the suspect fingering the 18 month old baby when she went to pick her up.
The suspect who blamed his action on the devil has since been charged to court.
In a shocking open letter, a 55-year old Bayo Akinjiyan, who rose to become an Assistant Provincial Pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) of the Lagos Province 25, has decried what he described as “man’s inhumanity to man and the travesty of justice” by the church he served “meritoriously.”
According to reports, the former pastor who voluntarily resigned from the church in 2013, said he could not comprehend why an organisation he was once a part of for 23 years would treat him with “human indignity” and refuse to pay him his due.
He stated that upon his exit from the church, he had to vacate a N15m house he personally built on Plot 15, Diligence Road, Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which is in line with the policy of the church that a non-member has no right to own any building at the camp.
DailyPost reported that Akinjiyan however expressed discomfort that after handing over the property, its receipt has yet to be acknowledged by the authorities of the church, listing another grievance as an alleged unpaid consultancy fees amounting to over N2m on projects designed, supervised and or managed by him since 2012.
Akinjiyan said he had exploited all available avenue to express his grievances to the church, including writing private letters to the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, but after waiting for over two years without action on issues he complained about, he resorted to penning the open letter to the leader of the church.
The letter reads;
“First, I want to address the attitude and response of the authorities and leadership of the Redeemed Christian Church of God over the house on Plot 15, Diligence Road, Redemption Camp Estate, Redemption Camp, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that I handed over to them upon my voluntary exit from the church after 23 years of meritorious service and having risen to the position of assistant provincial pastor.
“This was contained in my letter of resignation, dated November 3, 2013. That I gave my best in this adventure was alluded to by the church in the letter of release, dated March 11, 2014, which states inter alia, ‘…We wish to appreciate you for your contributions to this ministry and we pray that God will reward and support you in your future endeavours…’
“Secondly, the attitude and response of the Board of Governors of Christ the Redeemers College, Sagamu, Ogun State Nigeria — a private secondary school operated by Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries, an affiliate of RCCG, over an unpaid consultancy fees on projects designed, supervised and or managed by me since 2012.
“I know the implications of my actions and having fully weighed my options, I hereby accept full responsibilities for my actions. My decision to inform the Christian community and the larger society is not aimed at destroying or tarnishing the image of anyone or maligning the church that once gave me fire, but rather, it is aimed at putting records straight, and satisfying my God and my conscience. I have prayed over this matter, consulted those that I needed to, and I’ve come to the conclusion that God is on the side of those who have a right standing with Him.
“Let us address the first issue — the house at Redemption Camp. In line with the policy of the RCCG mission on those who build on its land, the keys to the house on the above mentioned location, which is a five-bedroom house (all en-suite), valued by a firm of chartered estate surveyors at N15.5m as of December 5, 2011, were submitted to the church through my letter to the General Overseer, dated March 4, 2014 upon my voluntary exit.
“Reminders were also sent through four other letters dated September 2, 2015, January 2, 2016, March 10, 2016, and June 27, 2016. Of all these letters and reminders, the only response I had was a letter dated October 9, 2015, acknowledging the letter of September 2, stating as follows, ‘…We wish to inform you that the issues raised in your letter have been referred to concerned officials for their comments and response. We shall get back to you as we receive feedback and further directives from the mission authority.
“Almost a year down the line, I am still waiting. My request was that the church should at least officially acknowledge the receipt of the house, even if there is no form of compensation. The God who built that for me can always give me a better one. This is my belief. The need to acknowledge the takeover of the house becomes necessary for at least two reasons: first, when I get to heaven (and by the grace of God I will make it), there will be an official and authentic record from RCCG in my favour, of the house that was forfeited to her as a result of doing the will of the Master here on earth.
“Secondly, it is to my knowledge that properties said to belong to the leadership of the church or that of the RCCG Mission sometimes allegedly, carelessly and surreptitiously fall into wrong hands. In view of this development, the question is: Is Pastor Adeboye even aware of this house in question of having been handed over to RCCG? If yes, has he given an instruction for my request to be granted? If yes, what is delaying his instruction from being carried out almost a year after? If no action has been taken with all these efforts of mine, what is the reason for this?”
Akinjiyan’s second grievance is the non-payment of N2,140,604.66 consultancy fee on projects designed, supervised and managed by him since 2012 at Christ the Redeemers College, the secondary school of the church.
He wrote, “I was appointed by the governing board of the above-named college for the purpose of overseeing the projects on a week-by-week basis at a meeting held by the Board on November 28, 2009. My duties and responsibilities were diligently carried out to the letter. When I wrote to the college for payment thereafter, no response was given. I wrote a reminder after two years, the college refused to collect the letter for reasons best known to the official at their reception desk. I thereafter sent it to the General Overseer on March 10, 2016. A reminder was sent in June 2016 and also a personal copy to Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye, the wife of the G.O., who is a major stakeholder of the college.
“For all these to have happened in a church I diligently served for 23 years is questionable in my opinion. I have yet to find out why I should be so treated in this manner even after I had followed due process to secure my release. Please also note that it took the church over two years to organise a send-off in my honour and this was after I wrote the G.O. about it. It took the church over two years and after two separate letters of reminder, to pay royalty on over 30 of my published books in the church bookshops. This also happened after I wrote to the G.O. about it.
“Would it be right then to say that perhaps all these are personal vendetta coming from those on whose toes I stepped on while I served through my insistence that right things must be done and I am now being made to pay for my uncompromising stance on corruptive tendencies within the spheres I served and particularly at the college?
“I believe that for our nation to be great again, all hands must be on deck. Religious leaders have a crucial role to play beyond praying for the nation. They need to also teach their members and warn against the evil of corruption, expose its tendencies within the system. Then and only then can our nation be sanitised and become great again. The government alone cannot fight and win this humongous battle against corruption.
“One thing is for sure: for the leadership of the RCCG to keep ignoring me and all the letters I’ve sent across to it for its own best known reasons would be cutting off its nose to spite its face. I know so much more than anyone could think of and I counsel that they should just let sleeping dogs lie. If this situation persists in the next couple of days, one may be compelled to press for full redress on these issues. I am using this opportunity to call on all those who believe in the course of justice within the church and outside of it to please assist me in this cause. I’m calling on human rights groups and civil society organisations and others to please strengthen my arm through the law if need be.
“I also call on the irrepressible media, both print and electronic in Nigeria and in the international community, to conduct investigative journalism and prove me wrong in any of my assertions. A young lawyer friend has provided me legal services so far and has written the appropriate bodies on these issues. I pray the church authority will act fast on this, but if they think otherwise, I am fully prepared for the days ahead. I also know that this journey may be long, lonely and dreary. The wheel of justice may grind slowly, but with God on my side, there is a glorious light at end of the tunnel.
“To the Christian community and friends, I demand your prayers at this time. I know some ‘brethren’ will vilify me, abuse and harass me, take me through scriptures on how to resolve church conflicts (I’ve explored all these) or how not to touch ‘mine anointed.’ I know some would call me names, raise non-existing scandalous issues that have not surfaced since I left over three years ago. I know I could be under threat of attack or be monitored. I am not bothered.
“What is not worth dying for is not worth living for. Some might ask: You want to destroy a house you helped in building or once lived in? My answer is ‘no’. It is to prevent the house from collapsing on its present occupants that is my concern. Some might ask why fight over mundane issues such as house or money and just N2.1m? My answer is ‘no’. I have been involved in projects for the church to the extent that that if I were to collect consultancy fees, it would have run into over tens of millions of naira, but yet I executed some of these projects with my colleagues in the building industry for next to nothing.
“I am not a gold digger nor do I seek to reap where I did not sow. I belong to the Joshua generation and this error of treating with indignity people who follow due process in resigning from the church must stop. I have suffered in the hands of vipers, vultures, lions, crocodiles, pharaohs and goliaths in the church system over the years, I’ve suffered with Christ through obedience to His will. I’ve gone through and still going through ‘indignity’ of living in a rented accommodation, after building a decent house and living in it just because of doing God’s will. I’ve had my own portion of the vicissitudes of life.
“I have a different spirit and have followed the Lord fully. Having been given positions of trust and responsibilities and never abused any, I rejoice and see all these as part of the faith package of my redemption through Christ Jesus and in all of these. I’m more than a conqueror. I have no regret of any decisions taken in the past, I have no better yesterday yet, I’m a believer in a glorious tomorrow. I have coveted no man’s silver or gold; I’ve never stolen church funds or church members.
“Unconfirmed reports indicate how people who left the Redemption Camp sold their houses through illegal transfers without the mission batting an eyelid. I decided to do the right thing and must I suffer for it? While I do not claim to be perfect, just as no one is, I contend daily for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints. I am not intimidated and can never be. I serve the living God, the God of faithfulness and without injustice, good and upright is He. A word, they say, is enough for the wise and those who live in glass houses do not throw stones.”
